US security agencies accuse communist China of computer system exploitation


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The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) accused the People’s Republic of China’s government of conducting malicious cyber activity to exploit vulnerabilities in American computers and other networked devices. The agencies released a cybersecurity advisory, “People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices.” “The advisory highlights how People’s Republic of China (PRC) actors have targeted and compromised major telecommunications companies and network service providers primarily by exploiting publicly known vulnerabilities,” the agencies said. “Networks affected have ranged from small office/home office (SOHO) routers to medium and...